Today, Valve has released on Steam two special environments for SteamVR Home that let you visit two places where Half-Life: Alyx will take place. I’ve visited them and I loved every second of those moments! If you have purchased a Valve Index, Valve not only lets you play Half-Life: Alyx for free, but also gives […]
Yesterday, in my weekly roundup, I told you about an Italian indie VR game called Banana For Scale, developed by Hypothermic games (a team including VR community member Marco Giammetti). This game managed to get the top spot as the most upvoted post of the week on /r/virtualreality subreddit, thanks to a very catchy trailer, […]
Every year, I cast some predictions for the new year in AR and VR. This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well. So, here you are how I envision this 2020 in virtual reality! (I’ll leave AR for another post, register to my newsletter to […]
Welcome to 2020! I want to start this year and this decade (that will be pervaded by immersive technologies) with an amazing tutorial about how you can get started with Oculus Quest hands tracking SDK and create in Unity fantastic VR experiences with natural interactions! In this tutorial, I will teach you how to download […]
Finally I have been able to try Viveport Streaming, the solution that lets you use your Vive Focus Plus to play PC VR games via Wi-Fi streaming. I made various tests and so I can not only review it, but also compare it with its competitor solution, the Oculus Link. Are you intrigued? Viveport Streaming […]
These days, I am experimenting a lot with Oculus Quest because of its new amazing features. One of these is the Oculus Link, that lets you connect your Quest to your PC and use it as a PC VR headset. In my review, I highlighted how I liked it, even if it needs some improvements, […]
Last week, Oculus rolled out the runtime v12 of the Oculus Quest, which took various features to the standalone headset, and among them, there is hands-tracking support. I was very curious to try it, and yesterday, as soon as I could, I gave it a look. Do you want to know my hands-on (pun intended) […]
In these days I have given a try to the Oculus Link, the amazing feature announced by Facebook at the Oculus Connect 6 that is able to transform the Oculus Quest into a tethered headset… let’s say an Oculus Rift Q. But is it good as people say? Is it really able to destroy completely […]
Today I have been able to try in preview Radial-G: Proteus, a racing game for the Oculus Quest. This name is surely not new for you, since Radial-G: Racing Revolved has been one of the first games for the Oculus Rift CV1. Now, Tammeka Games is back at it, and with the help of the […]
It’s since when I launched my blog that I always dreamed of interviewing someone from Oculus, and finally today this dream has come true. Thanks to the huge help of VR Intelligence, that is organizing the VRX event, I have been able to speak with Sean Liu, Director of Product for VR at Facebook! The […]
When I was in Qingdao, the general manager of Chinese manufacturer Skyworth has made me try a 3DOF VR headset called v901, and I was impressed by the 8K video I have viewed inside, so he has kindly given me a sample of the device to test and review. Are you interested in my impressions […]
